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# Christian-Jewish Relations:
# Anti-Semitism is Not a Christian Value
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## Christian-Jewish Relations: [Table of
Contents](http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-
semitism/Christian.html) | [Burning of the
Talmud](http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-
semitism/TalmudBurning.html) | [Crusades](http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0005_0_04737.html)
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We condemn all discriminatory measures against any religious or racial group.
We proclaim with Pope Pius XI that "it is not possible for Christians to have
any part in [anti-
Semitism](http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/antisem.html)." By
attacking a people from whom Christ was born, anti-Semitism is manifestly
anti-Christian in its roots. Every doctrine is contrary to Christianity that
mistakenly or out of hatred prevents men from exercising their natural rights
by reason of their ethnic or religious affiliation. If individuals or
established social and religious groups harm the common good, punishment for
such acts should be meted out according to the responsibilities of the persons
involved. Preventative measures cannot deprive any individual of his natural
rights and of the conditions of a free, dignified, and humane life-that the
state by reason of its existence ought to guarantee to each person. Every
exceptional or discriminatory law is unjust. We know moreover that Christians
ought not only care for themselves and their interests but also for the good
of their brothers and the future of justice and law. The abominable racial,
religious, and political persecutions which today bloody the word wound the
health of each of us who belong to Christ.
Jacques Maritain, Oeuvres Completes, vol. 7, 1224.Quoted in: Jacques Maritain
and the Jews, ed. by Robert Royal (Notre Dame 1994).
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Source: [Eternal World Television Network](http://www.ewtn.com/)
[Christian Jewish Relations:Anti-Semitism is Not a Christian
Value](http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/Anti-
Semitism_Is_Not_Christian.html)